Open the Debates - Action Hub

Sign the petition to open the debates, and then share with your friends. It is not too soon to start organizing for open debates as the Commission will make binding decisions in 2019. We must make our voice heard and let every board member know they will stand trial in public opinion for their support of closed debates.

The Board of Directors runs the Commission and has the ability to include all candidates who could win enough electoral votes to become President. However, they do not provide a way to reach individual members. These public figures can be reached in a variety of ways on social media, through their places of employment, or other places where they sit on the board. They uphold this rigged system, and we have a right to reach them and have them answer our questions no matter how inconvenient that is for them and the boards they sit on.

The Federal Election Commission has the ability to force the Commission on Presidential Debates to change their rules to enforce fairness in coverage of candidates. In 2016, the FEC voted 4-2 against making the CPD (at least to some minimal degree) address this injustice. The two dissents is the first time any FEC vote has been recorded against these exclusionary debates. The facade is already cracking!

Read the history of of how the League of Women Voters withdrew from hosting the debates because of increasing control of the Republican and Democratic National Committee to silence real discussion of ideas. Find op-eds and articles written by prominent activists and thinkers on how the CPD silences democracy. See the latest polls that show Americans want inclusive debates. Share this information in person and online.